"We're really glad that there's a lot of focus on us," he told Geoff Hutchison at the WA Mornings broadcast from Karratha.

"In previous times you didn't see politicians coming up here, they're crawling all over us now and it's bloody fantastic."

Adams says that for too long the region was out of sight, out of mind for political parties, and as a safe Labor seat, didn't attract interest.

Now with long standing Labor MLA Tom Stephens retiring, and National party leader Brendon Grylls aiming to capitalise on the popularity of his party's Royalties for Regions policy by running for the seat, visits and commitments have been focussed on the region.

"There has been a lot of attention from all the political parties," says Adams.

"They are saying fairly similar things about what they want to do which is great because we have a strong community plan. We know what is needed. It's really clear - housing, education and health."

"There are a lot of commitments being made in those areas and it's great to see."